Device for coring and slicing fruit and the like.



W. E. KELLAWAY & E. A. CHRISTOPH. DEVICE FOR CURING AND SLICING FRUITAND THE LlKE.

. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9, WM. l,1%&88.

Patented July 27, 1915.

4 WW m E Wm [.0 m w WILLIAM E. KELLAWAY ANDEDWARD A. OI-IRISTOPI-I, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGN- ORS TO EDWARD KATZINGER 00., OF CHICAGO,ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2'7, 1915.

Application filed November 9, 1914. Serial No. 871,048.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM E. KELLA- WAY and EDWARD A. CHRIs'roPI-I,citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Devices for Goring and Slicing Fruits and the like, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for coring and slicing fruits,vegetables, or other like articles of food.

Among the chief objects of our invention is the provision of a devicewhich combines strength, simplicity and effectiveness, with a minimumexpense in manufacture; a device formed entirely of one piece ofmaterial prepared for the purpose, and requiring no further work to beperformed thereon after being bent to shape; and a device which may beeasily manipulated with a minimum of effort in conjunction with articlesof various kinds, sizes, and shapes.

The invention consists further in numerous other features ofconstruction and combinations of parts as will hereinafter appear.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a plan view of a device embodying ourinvention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, shown in position readyto operate upon an apple or other like article; Fig. 3 is across-sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is across-sectional detail, enlarged, taken on line 44: of Fig. 1.

Our present device is formed by bending a strip of metal such as fiatwire or steel ribbon to provide, in effect, a central portion 5,represented in Fig. 1 as hexagonal in shape, and a plurality of outerlooped portions 6 arranged therearound. In the 0011- struction shown buta single piece of ma terial is utilized, the ends 7 thereof beingoverlapped and secured together in any appropriate manner, as bysoldering. We prefer that the ends 7be joined along one of the walls ofthe center portion of the device as appears clearly in Fig. 1. To impartadditional strength and rigidity to the device we contemplate the use ofsolder in the corners or angles 8 formed at the juncture of adjacentsides of the central portion thereof, although, such reinforcing meansmay not be required under all conditions. It willbe noted that thelooped outer portions are provided each with an arch or apex 9 at theouter side thereof. This affords a con venient place for the fingers tograsp the in strument in use. The edges 10, which are required toperform a cutting operation are preferably sharpened by subjecting thematerial to the action of suitable mechanism prior to being bent toshape.

In operation it is apparent that the cutter should be passed through thefruit or other article in the direction of its core. The walls of theclosed central portion cause the core to be severed from the remainderof the article. The article is sliced, furthermore, by reason of thecutting action exerted by the walls of the looped outer portions.Certain of the sliced portions will lie within the confines of theselooped portions, and the remainder within the spaces between suchportions.

l/Ve claim:

1. A device of the class described formed of a single piece of materialand consisting of a plurality of inner walls abutting against oneanother and forming a central cutting member and a center opening, eachof said inner walls continuing outwardly to form a loop, said loopsconstituting outwardly eX- tending cutting members, and each of saidloops being substantially triangular in cross section and spaced apartfrom one another to form passages therebetween, substantially asdescribed.

2. A device of the class described formed of a single piece of materialand consisting of a plurality of inner walls abutting against oneanother and forming a central cutting member and a center opening, eachof said inner walls continuing outwardly to form a loop, said loopsconstituting outwardly eX- tending cutting members, each of said loopsbeing substantially triangular in cross section and spaced apart fromone another to form passages therebetween, and the con tral portion ofeach outer wall of each loop section being a greater distance from thecenter of the device than the ends of said walls, substantially asdescribed.

WVILLIAM E. KELLAWAY. EDVV. A. OHRISTOPH. Witnesses:

EPI-IRAIM BANNING, FRANcns M. FRosT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner. of Patents.

Washington, D. G.

